Re: [lojban] Re: "la" in names

[Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
To: lojban-list@lojban.org
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:24:03 -0800
Subject: [lojban] Re: "la" in names

> 
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:36:16PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote:
> > I might note that Loglan removed the restriction on names
> > beginning  with La, or any other letter group that could precede a
> > bare name  (e.g. Hoi (which precedes a vocative) ci (hyphen, for
> > reasons which  follow)) by introducing the following rules.
> >
> > Such a name used as as a vocative must be preceded by 'hoi' , or
> > 'la' when used in an argument.
> 
> By "such a name" I'm assuming you mean a name with 'hoi' or 'la' in
> it.  That doesn't help, because the whole problem has been that
> *people don't notice*.  People use names with "la" all the time
> without noticing that they are special.

I don't understand you, people. You are not at all confused by the fact that Lojban doesn't have VERY MANY sounds present in other languages, but the fact that you can't spell your name exactly as in English make you sick.

Lojban doesn't allow {la}, {lai} and {doi} in names, and that's all. If even almost everyone, including me, of course, cannot adhere to this rule, that is our problem, and not the language's. Just wait, and the sence of correct lojbanization will develop in us.

mi'e .ianis